Morning journal and courier., 1887-05-17
Tuesday, May 17, 1887.
STILL IN FOURTH PLACE.

The Hartfords Defeat the New Havens
 A Heavy Batting Game at Spring.
 field-BridgepOrt Wins Again.
 Whipped again, this time the worst this season, to the tune of IS to 3. It came with in a hairs breadth of being IS to O.
 How did it come about that the New Ha- vens were so badly beatena
 Oh, the same old story we have been used to ever since the season opened-Lautenbach pitched. The Hartfords have sent the great phenomenal" to join the others of like ilk. The "phenomenal" has exploded. Director Well went to Hartford yesterday afternoon with the home team and when
 asked who was to pitch replied, Lautenbach. Mr. Well said that Lautenbach was in excel- lent trim, having rested since last Wednes' | day.
 The way Lautenbach was pounded all over the field at will would have made the most 1 austere of ministers laugh. In the sixth in ming, when Divens knocked the ball over the | right field fence for home run, Crowley
 looked daggers at somebody, and Captain | Troy dropped his wings, but thought better | of it and then laughed. Divens walked | around the bases.
 The fact is everybody laughed but the three outfelders of the New Ravens at the
 way the Hartfords were hitting the ball. The way that Burns, Crowley and Mellon made their legs fly in chasing the ball was a oau- tion.
 Even Manager Daniels sat on bench and shook with laughter. He had tried ''phe- | nomenal" pitcher last Friday and the way his team was beaten made him sympathlzs | with the New Ravens yesterday in the way | his team was taking revenge on some other clnb's phenomenal"
 There is reason why the New Ravens | have not been winning games lately. The public have laid it all to the ball players. It has been said repeatedly that the team is "no good" But the fact is the New Ravens have been playing as good ball as any team in the l league The trouble lies in the manage, | ment. A general shaking up in this quarter might not be amiss.
 | Look, for instance, at the game yesterday. | Eighteen runs were made, eleven of which were earned by heavy batting. The New | Ravens made but four errors. Two were made by Short Stop Murphy ,one ot which was | & tumble and the other huff in the first 1 inning of Lautenbach's throw to second base l on a force out. Brill made the other two, one being a tumble which did not cost any ! thing; the other was 8 huff of Leary's throw, Leary, Crowley, Mellon, Weckbecker and | Burns distinguished themselves by their fine | work. If it had not been for the magnificent | work of the three felders and Weckbecker ! the Hartfords might still be piling up runs It can be easily seen what they had to do, fol l only five men were thrown out at first base. ! The ielders took everything that came their l way. Burns made a fine side catch, and | Mellon two and Crowley one long running | catches, which were heartily applauded by | the audience. Leary at third made diff | cult one-haad stop.
 | The infelders had, in reality, little to do | They stood and smiled at the outfelders, ano were evidently taking day off. It would | be almost impossible for man to pitch | much worse game than did Lautenbach. H'
 was very wild in his delivery, and littl' | Weckbecker did admirable work in stopping ! some of his balls. He hit Beecher twic l with the ball.
 The game promised to be a closely con
 tested one until the sixth inning, when tn
 Hartfords opened by batting out four run
 on two two -baggers and three singles. II
 the next inning five of the six runs wer
 earned on two more two baggers, hom
 run, and three singles. In the ninth on an
 other two-bagger, five singles, ant
 an error by Brill and on
 by Murphy, seven more runs wer
 made.
 The New Ravens would have been shut
 out entirely had not Beecher in left felt
 dropped Weckbecker's fly with two men ol
 bases. The New Ravens were unable to hi
 Gruber to any extent. He pitched fin
 game.